Look up: Synecdoche

1. Synecdoche
   understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part. (A form of metonymy.)
   *Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6
   *I should have been a pair of ragged claws
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2. Synecdoche
   Figure of speech where a part is made to stand for the whole e.g. in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar : 'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.'
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3. synecdoche
   [n] - substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
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4. Synecdoche
   Syn·ec'do·che (sĭn*ĕk'do*ke) noun [ Latin synecdoche , Greek synekdochh` , from to receive jointly; sy`n with + ... to receive; ... out + ... to receive.] (Rhet.) A figure or trope by which a part of a ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/266
   
   
5. synecdoche
   noun substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
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6. Synecdoche
   • (n.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the mat...
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7. synecdoche
   figure of speech in which a part represents the whole, as in the expression `hired hands` for workmen or, less commonly, the whole represents a ... [3 related articles]
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/200
   
   
8. synecdoche
   a figure of speech where the part stands for the whole (for example, 'I've got wheels' for 'I have a car'). One expression that combines synecdoche and metonymy (in which a word normally associated with something is substituted for the term usually naming that thing) is 'boob tube,' meaning 'television.'
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9. synecdoche
   synecdoche (sinek'dukē) , figure of speech, a species of metaphor, in which a part of a person or thing is used to designate the whole—thus, “The house was built by 40 hands” for “The house was built by 20 people.” See metonymy.
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10. synecdoche
    Figure of speech that uses either the part to represent the whole (`There were some new faces at the meeting`, rather than new people), or the whole to stand for the part (`The West Indies beat England at cricket`, using the country to stand for the national teams in question). The figure di...
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11. Synecdoche
    ; from Ancient Greek|Greek synekdoche (συνεκδοχή), meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech<ref name="m-w">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Synecdoche Synecdoche - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictio...
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